POLITICAL NOTES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3155, 13 September 1892, Page 2

POLITICAL NOTES.

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Ministi-ks n.nv CMiii'liiin s.i caiistintlv of the i.ii■triif-l.iiin .if the Op;, sin..,, tail. ..ut.Mil.a-. sir.' .nil ti li.-li.-i-.! i,:,l ;i sv-. tonatie inn is b.iiug art'. <l ..n !..• t,l -~: inu-

tile (.'|.|i..silliui ll iv |Hli ;■•.!. ill s'.i'.in.'ly against the conduct, of tin: GnveininiMit in keeping luck tin; must .xlmary iiif.irniiitinn Unit tin; llmsu Was fully uiiliMi-il in I have; also against pa hi a,' tnougli im p.ii tan t lnisiti'.-is at iiiiru.isi.n.ililu hour-, when tho llnu-e is tli-iniglily tired nut with lite riittitiLT without li .wtvi-r ;.t .ill adopting tin' stvl" nf argument involved In t!m remark by " You're another." Tin-, «n called " obstruction '' nf tlm |ir«iunt sen,i.hi i- nut t.i be compared f.ir :i nimni'iir. with tlif. outr.ii;iously olistr.'.ctive tactics if the Ballaiice-.Sed Imi Ministry when in .ipp.i*itian, and nobody who li.'H tlie interest of tin; cnlnoy at heart will deny that the Opposition in-.! not fully jastiiied in rest-ting to th.i very utmost .soma nf the absuid and utterly mischeivous legislatinn of the present (Government in order tli.it the country may realise what its ruler.-) dosii'd to inflict on it. The Ministerial origin tins morning h,is a lengthy article depl'.ring the wilful obstruction of the Opposition which is pertinently replied to uy the Press in the following terms :— The Opposition aio accused of obstruction beeinse ii week has been duvnted to debating the Land Bill, one of tho mo-t iinpoitant and revolutionary measures ever laid before the Xew Zealand legislature. What in the world is the raison (letro of an Opposition if not to criticise exhaustively a Bill of so moment'.ii* a character as this one, but really is it not a piece of barefaced effrontery for the Government to charge the Opposition with obstruction ? Who is the champion stonewaller of Australasia ? The Hon. K. .1. Seddon, tho acting-Premier. Who cornea next in order as builders of stonewalls? The leading members of the Ministerial party. Is it not on record that ihe gentleman who now leads the Government of Xew Zealand on one occasion kept business absolutely at a standstill for three solid divs by his individual efforts. Again did not the next in command. Mr Reeves a few years ago waste the lime of the House by reading page after page of a dictionary as his contribution to a stonewall. Yet these forsooth are the men who prate about obstruction.'' THE PREMIER. Tiie Premier's health is improving, and Ministers expect he will be able to resume his place in the House to-morrow. LABOUR BUREAU. Last week the Labour Bureau secured wo-k for 32 men, the majority being bush hands. The men hail from all parts nf the olony. To-day the bureau sent 23 men to Mr Donnelly's station, in Xapinr. THK ELECTORAL BILL. The Statutes Revision Committee of the Legislative Council, to which the Electoral Bill has been referred, intend recommending the insertion of a clause in the Bill allowing the electoral right to women who might not care to record their votes at the polling-booth. It is not yet known whether the Government will accept this provision, but if so, it will no doubt be embodied in the Bill. CODLIN MOTH BILL. The Secretary of the Canterbury Agricultural Association, Mr Murphy, who ia at present in Wellington, supports the Codlin Moth Bill, as he believes that a law will protect good orchards.